City Planning for Just Transitions w/ Holly Caggiano

City Planning for Just Transitions w/ Holly Caggiano

Author: youssef bouchi April 22, 2024 Duration: 47:52

Holly Caggiano is an Assistant Professor in Climate Justice and Environmental Planning at the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning. Her research explores social dimensions of climate transitions in the US and Canada, and how diverse stakeholder groups form coalitions to advocate for energy systems change. 

In this episode, we chat about efforts to mobilize towards a just energy transition, ranging from the Green New Deal as a framework for community action to building cultures of sustainability and care on campuses and beyond.

Paper by Holly discussed in podcast: 

A new framework for imagining the climate commons? The case of a Green New Deal in the US 

Some valuable resources mentioned by Holly: 

Planning the Green New Deal: Climate Justice and the Politics of Sites and Scales by Kian Goh

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief - a group that gives Holly hope! 


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